Many of us who follow astrology, are at least somewhat familiar with the buzz around the transit of Pluto in Aquarius.
If you found yourself digging about for astrological information on social media and other online sources this past year, you know the astrology community has been talking up a storm about “The Age of Aquarius” and how this is a monumental transit that we will never experience again. This is becasue Pluto is the slowest moving planet and stays in a single sign for decade(s).
There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about it and are excited for this particular transit! This celestial shift, began in 2023, but it didn’t fully settle fully into the actual sign of Aquarius until November 19th 2024. It will stay there until 2044!!! That’s longer than many of the other past Pluto transits. Pluto in Aquarius marks a profound turning point in the collective energy and societal evolution.
So, what makes Pluto in Aquarius such a monumental event?
Understanding Pluto’s Influence
In astrology, Pluto represents itself with themes associated with power, profound change, and renewal, especially after trauma. As humans, we feel Pluto energy as undercurrents of transmutation that often feel slow-moving, but profoundly impactful. It forces us to confront truths we’ve turned a blind eye to and welcome evolution, whether we’re ready for it or not. Unlike the faster-moving planets, such as Mercury, Venus, and Mars, Pluto’s influence is a decades long unfolding, meaning the effects of its transits unfold over time and are not fast and fleeting.
What Aquarius Represents
As a zodiac sign, Aquarius is the sign of innovation, progress, and humanitarianism. It’s ruled by Uranus: a planet of rebellion and sudden change. In astrology, we associate it with themes like community, technology, and the pursuit of a better future. Aquarius energy is very forward-thinking, utopian, and often challenges traditions and the status quo.
The Last Time Pluto Was in Aquarius
To understand partly why this particular Pluto transit is so significant, is to look back to the last time Pluto was in Aquarius, from 1778 to 1798. This was a period of time marked by revolutionary changes, like the American and French Revolutions, the rise of democratic ideals, and significant advancements in science and philosophy. It was also a time when the collective power started shifting away from royal monarchies and other hierarchical structures toward movements that centered on equality and freedom.
What to Expect During This Transit
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It’s important to note, that Pluto in Aquarius will effect every individual differently, based on their own unique birth chart. Even if we don’t have any Aquarius placements, we all have an Aquarius ruled house in our birth chart. To find your Aquarius house, you can calculate a birth chart for yourself with an online birth chart calculator, like the one found on AstroSeek.
Pluto’s presence in Aquarius is expected to bring similar waves of deconstruction and rebuilding, but where we’re at now, in the 21st century, might look a bit different than taking down kings and queens. Here’s what many are presuming what we might see for the next 20 years with this Pluto transit:
Technological Evolution
Aquarius’s connection to technology has many guessing that Pluto’s transit could usher groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). There’s been many hot takes around the uses of AI. Already, we’re seeing SO much more innovations and everyday use AI and its already redefining how we live, work, and interact. But we’re still so early into Pluto in Aquarius’s transit that it’s hard to tell whether it will end up generally working in favor of human or work against humans.
Revolutionary Social Movements
With Aquarius’s strong humanitarian focus, this transit could amplify calls for justice, equality, and collective empowerment.
These next 2 decades are going to encourage people to think more critically about public figures who loudly proclaim their stances on certain political or societal issues. We have seen this trend in lately of people tuning out celebrities in general. We are becoming more detached to the personas of famous people because everybody with a social media account is a public person and fame and notoriety is now in the reach of anyone, lessening the effects of celebrity worship.
Collectively, we are already starting to become less tolerant of people not practicing what they preach, which will prompt all of us to start challenging outdated systems of power and inequality. We’re going to be more willing to work together to reach a common goal of not letting the “big” people hold all the power anymore, paving the way for the potential to redefine true power.
Redefinition of Community and Connection
Aquarius is all about community but also is rules technology (i.e. the internet) but in the digital age, this concept has taken on a new meaning. Over the last fews years we’ve seen online connections take precedence over real time ones, to the point where we are at the very vulnerable place of replacing realtime connections entirely with online ones.
Pluto in Aquarius might help us find the sweet spot between digital and in person connection. It wouldn’t be surprising to see people being introduced to one another online and taking their connections offline more often than we do at the present moment.
Confrontation of the Collective’s Shadows
Pluto always brings an element of shadow sides to humanity. As it moves through Aquarius, we may be forced to confront issues in the ethical uses of technology, the consequences of climate change, and systemic inequalities and how we have been part of the problem as a group. These self revelations have the potential to reveal meaningful change, starting with our own selves and later reflecting in the external world.
Why This Transit Feels So Personal
While Pluto’s transits primarily affect the collective, they also touch our personal lives. Those with significant placements in fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) will feel this especially. During this transit, you may feel called to disrupt the usual flow of things, take back your personal power, or contribute to social groups dedicated causes close to you.
A Time of Great Potential
Pluto’s move into Aquarius is once-in-a-lifetime. While the shifts will be uncomfortable and disruptive at times, they’re ultimately paving the way for a more equitable, innovative, and connected future. This is a transit that invites EVERYONE to reflect on how we can contribute to the evolution of humanity for the betterment of our own lives and well as future generations.
